shrink

/ʃrɪŋk/ v / n
标准词条 CET-4
一句话记住

收缩;缩小;缩水;精神病医生(非正式);收缩

释义与例句

v 收缩;缩小;缩水
to become or make smaller in size or amount
  1. The sweater shrank after being washed.
    这件毛衣洗过后缩水了。
  2. The company had to shrink its workforce.
    公司不得不缩减员工数量。
展开其余 1 条例句
  1. The economy shrank by 2 percent last year.
    去年经济收缩了百分之二。
n 精神病医生(非正式);收缩
a psychiatrist; an act of shrinking
  1. He went to see a shrink about his anxiety.
    他去找心理医生看他的焦虑症。
  2. The shrink in profits worried the board.
    利润的缩减让董事会担忧。
展开其余 1 条例句
  1. She visited her shrink twice a month.
    她每月去看两次心理医生。

词源与构词

记忆钩子 shrink 音似“湿rink”,衣服湿水后缩水

词族与关联词

词族(同一词根派生出的不同词性或形式)
  • shrinkage 收缩;缩减量
    名词形式,指收缩的程度或数量。
同义词
  • contract 收缩
    contract 指物理上的收缩;shrink 可指体积、数量等多种缩小。
    Metal contracts in cold weather. 金属在冷天气中会收缩。
反义词
  • expand 扩大;膨胀
    shrink 是缩小,expand 是扩大,互为反义。
    The company expanded its business overseas. 该公司把业务扩展到了海外。
常见搭配
  • shrink from 因害怕而退缩
    He did not shrink from the challenge. 他没有在挑战面前退缩。
  • shrink away 退缩;躲避
    The child shrank away from the stranger. 孩子躲开了陌生人。
  • shrink in size 体积缩小
    The ice shrank in size as it melted. 冰融化时体积缩小了。